Clothes-pin.



H. STALB.

CLOTHES PlN.

APPLICATION. FILED MAR. 29, 1am.

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HERMAN STALB, OF PORT JEFFERSON, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Application filed March 29, 1916. Serial No. 87,488.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN STALB,a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Jefl'erson, in the county of Suffolk, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Pin; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved clothes pin, and an object of the invention is to provide an article of manufacture of this kind, which is simple, efficient and practical in construction, and comprises essential and desirable features and advantages.

One of the features of the invention is the provision of a clothes pin to be constructed from a single length of spring wire material bent midway its ends to form a loop, whereby the pin may be easily and quickly handled, the portions of the wire material beyond the loop being bent to form oppositely disposed spring clamping loop jaws, the opposite sides of the loop jaws being bowed to form spaces for the reception of the clothing and clothes line.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of clamping loop jaws having their lower looped ends curved or flared outwardly, to permit the clothes line to pass easily between the'jaws.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of clamping aws having their opposite sides curved toward each other, so

. that the opposite sides may partially overlap, below where the spaces between the jaws are formed for the reception of the line, so as to have a clamping action upon the clothing or garment below the clothes line.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawingsand claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improved clothes pin constructed in accordance with the invention, and showing the same as applied to a clothes line. Fig. 2 is an edge View. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the clothes pin, showing more clearly that the same is constructed from a single length of spring wire material. Fig. 4. is a View in perspective illustrating another way of suspending the clothes pin on a clothes line.

Referring more especially to the drawings, l designates a clothes pin as a whole, which is constructed from a single length of spring wire material, which is bent, shaped or curved as at 3, to form a loop, by which the pin may be handled when placing or removing the same on or from the clothes line. The portions 4 and 5 of the wire material beyond the loop 3, in front elevation extend downwardly substantially in parallelism. The portion 4: a little below the loop 3 is bowed or arched outwardly in one direction as shown at 6, and extended downwardly and curved in the opposite direction gradually as shown at 7, and bent to form a loop 8, the side 9 of which is curved correspondingly to the curvature 7 of the other side of said loop 8. The side 9 at a point opposite the abrupt or acute curvature 6, is correspondingly abruptly or acutely curved or bulged outwardly in the same direction as the curvature 6, as shown at 10, and the portion 11 beyond the curvature 10 is coiled about the side or portion 5 of the loop 3. The side or portion 5 of the loop 3 extends downwardly, and at a point adjacent the curvature 10, is curved or bulged outwardly in an opposite direction to the curvature 10, as shown at 12. Below the curvature or bulge 12, the side or portion 5 is curved as shown at 13 in a direction opposite the curvature of the sides 7 and 9,-so as to overlap the side 9 of the loop 8. Where the curved portion 13 terminates the side 5 is formed into a loop 14, which as shown extends in a direction opposite to that assumed by the loop 8. The side 15 of the loop 14 is curved correspondingly to the curvature of the side 13, in order to overlap the portion 7. At a point directly opposite the curva ture or bulge '6 the' side 15 is curved or bulged at 16 correspondingly to the curvature or bulge 6, and a portion 17 beyond the curvature or bulge 16 is coiled about the side 4 of the loop 3, as shown at 18. Upon reference to the drawings it is to be seen that the spaces 19 and 20 formed by the curved portions or bulges 6 and 12 and 10 and 16. Owing to the loops 8 and 14: extending in an opposite direction as disclosed in Fig. 2, the clothes pin may be easily and quickly arranged upon the clothes line. As shown in Fig. 4 the clothes line may be extended through the loop 3 before the clothes line is extended in position, and the garment may be clamped between the looped jaws.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is:

A clothes pin constructed from a single length of spring wire material bent substantially midway its ends to form a loop handle, one side of the loop handle in front elevation extending downwardly and bent to form a clothes clamping loop, one side of which extending upwardly and coiled about the other side of said handle loop, the other side of said handle loop extending downwardly and bent to form a second clothes clamping loop, one side of which extending upwardly and coiled about the first side of said handle loop, the opposite sides of both clothes clamping loops near said coils bulged outwardly from each other, thereby forming recesses to receive the clothes line,

the opposite sides of the clothes clamping loops bulged or curved toward and overlie HERMAN STALB.

Witnesses:

A. JAY TEFFT, .KARL DAHL. 

